#medieval costume

[blamensir]

v1 of my handmade medieval beekeeper costume from around may :) + references

[the-merry-otter]

I think the times I feel The Most Like A Medieval Person is when I’m getting out of my dress and I look EXACTLY like every manuscript drawing of a woman getting out of a dress. Like yes my bestie from 700 years ago it really do be like that

[eve-to-adam]

Elizabeth of York, fashion character design. Mourning outfit, c. 1482.

[adderstones]

more ugly vampire love 💕

[paontaure]

“A Plague Tale : Requiem”, original art in graphite, ink and watercolor.

2023 © Paontaure

[sienvega]

⚡Fan character design for Under the Oak Tree⚡

Maximilian

Maximilian (winter travel)

Riftan & Remdragon Knights

Ulyseon, Garrow (top) Elliot, Hebaron, Ursuline(left) and Ruth! (right)

[fancifulfibres]

A Dagged hood commission

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[thefourteenflames]

COLORS, SYMBOLISM AND HISTORICAL PARALLELS RED • After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, red was adopted as a color of majesty and authority by the Byzantine Empire, and the princes of Europe.

• In Western Europe, Emperor Charlemagne painted his palace red as a very visible symbol of his authority, and wore red shoes at his coronation.

• In western countries red is a symbol of martyrs and sacrifice, particularly because of its association with blood. Beginning in the Middle Ages, the Pope and Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church wore red to symbolize the blood of Christ and the Christian martyrs.

[fallensapphires]

Aesthetics: Medieval

It's a fine line between magic and science. In medieval times, science was magic.

[the-merry-otter]

How To Make Medieval Fabric Buttons

You will need:

• fabric (I’m using a medium weight wool)

• a sewing needle

• cotton or silk thread (it MUST be strong)

• a thimble

• dressmakers pins

Using this style of button as a fastening technique was very prevalent in 14th century Europe, on both men’s and women’s clothing. It was used for anything from sleeves and openings on the front of garments, to the iconic liripipe hoods (which is what these are gonna be for!).

They were usually made out of leftover fabric from the same material that was used for the garment they were intended for. As well as using every scrap of material possible, they also save you from having to buy metal buttons, which… aren’t cheap (both now and then).

The trade off is of course having to make them, which can be a painful process (literally - try not to get stabbed by the hedgehog ball at step 4!!). I thoroughly recommend a thimble to push the needle through as you form the ball - this is hard enough without having to pull it through.

Making buttons in my experience is 10% knowledge, 60% spite, and 30% hatred. It is a contest of wills between you (who wants a button) and the fabric (who doesn’t want to be a button). I wish you luck soldier.

To start with, cut a circle out of your fabric. How big will depend on what fabric you use - if it’s linen, you’d cut a larger circle than you would for wool. Mine is about 30mm.

Using a long long thread, bind on and then sew running stitches around the outside, about 5mm from the edge (may vary with fabric).

Pull this thread tight like a pouch, and turn the raw edges inwards in one direction. Try and tuck them inside the “bag” section. It will likely be more of a squashed oval at this point than a sphere.

Now, get your dressmakers pins and go absolutely ham. Continue to squish it “inward” (towards where the opening was) as you pin. The button should now resemble a very unfriendly little creature now (good luck with not getting stabbed, it can be a bit of a prick).

Next, basically use your needle to try and get it to stay in that shape. I usually do a bunch of stitches around the edge of the “back” end, and then spend some time criss-crossing the back. Try and put your needle in close to where it came out, so that you don’t get long pieces of visible thread.

Once you are confident that it will hold A Shape ™ (but also isn’t so stabbed that you can’t refine it further!), remove the pins. Your button will most likely resemble a little tiny messy wool brain at this point, but that’s ok!

The next step is to use your needle and thread to continue tucking the ball inwards to the centre of where the opening was. Above illustrates how I’ll flip the open part of a fold inward, by coming up through the fold and then levering it downwards so it gets tucked away. You can also just use the thread to pull errant folds inwards. Use the hand holding the button to squash it into form, and then sew it into place.

Once the button is actually a ball shape, crisscross the back of it a bit so that everything is firmly held in place. It should now (all things going well!!) actually be a sphere.

Once you’re happy with the shape and firmness, take your thread to stem out of the centre back. Bind off, and then slide the needle off the thread, leaving the long end. This can then be used to sew the button onto the garment.

The back will still be somewhat messy, but the front should be smooth, and the whole shape roughly spherical. When the button is sewn on using the remainder of the thread, you won’t be able to see the back!

I wrap the remainder of the thread around the finished button so it won’t get tangled, and then pop it in a jar with the rest while it waits to be sewn onto the garment.

Good luck with your crafting! Feel free to ask any questions in the notes, or straight into my inbox :)

[eve-to-adam]

From sketch → 2d character design illustration.

Elizabeth of York edition.

Because why not?

[adderstones]

Two commissions for @urbanknightart's VTM storyline! It was so fun to get to draw some earlier medieval English costume, thank you so much again!

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[craftymermaid]

Unicorn bodice is finished to the best of my experience

I may work on it more as I get more skilled. I have enough of the unicorn fabric and interfacing to make at least two more. I free handed this pattern so it's not completely even in every side 🥴 but practice makes better.

I'm planning on wearing this garb to the Ren Faire. It reminds me of Lady Amalthea from The Last Unicorn. I can't decide if I want to wear a red gem in the middle of my forehead or a unicorn horn to go with this outfit.

I didn't even work this project into my plans but it only took me three hours to make, so I'm not technically counting it as a wip.

[beanbowlbaggins]

Saving to my phone every picture of Ciri in this dress so I can recreate it with a veil and wimple for a medieval costume.

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

got my mask/headpiece done for the Society for Creative Anachronism tomorrow! think this is one of my favorite "making things by gluing other things to each other"s ever

whole thing took just over a day- metal base mask, earrings, leaf barrette, fabric flowers, nail polish, acrylic paint and Krazy glue...

now to finish up the jewelry and do the barest minimum to make my underskirt wearable (and thank the costuming deities that nobody's gonna see the upper hem of an underskirt)

[futurehandicraftshop]

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